West Coast Cyber

The Headlines
ASIC Fine
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/13197-fiig-securities-faces-2-5m-fine-following-2023-cyber-attack

Apple’s first Zero day of 2026
https://www.google.com/search?q=https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/apple-fixes-new-dyld-zero-day.html
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple+Patches+Everything+February+2026/32706/
https://www.securityweek.com/apple-patches-ios-zero-day-exploited-in-extremely-sophisticated-attack/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-use-new-macos-malware-in-crypto-theft-attacks/

Main Story : The over-hyping of cybersecurity stories are distracting from the fundamentals.
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-voice-virtual-meeting-fraud/
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/malwaretech_juice-jacking-why-everyone-from-local-news-ugcPost-7425291701390295040-QbG6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAwp9RgBygm-lctMvTZOYWhdsEKfFnpfjV8
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/chatgpt-caricatures-trend

Community & Events
19th February
AISA NSW Branch Event (https://aisa.org.au/Public/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=BMNSW19226&WebsiteKey=dd1440d8-82c8-43e1-9f70-9cec638dc85b)
CyberWest Hub Fields and Fortunes (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/fields-and-fortunes)
20th February
CyberWest Hub Cyber Queens (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/cyber-queens-february-2026)
AWSN Perth Welcome Breakfast (https://www.awsn.org.au/eventdetails/37241/perth-welcome-to-2026-breakfast)
21st February
CyberWest Hub Warembo WA Cyber (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/warembo-wa-cyber)
24th February
CyberWest Hub Future Ready - The Secure Path to AI (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/future-ready-the-secure-path-to-ai)
26th February
CyberWest Hub Scams and Scones (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/scams-and-scones-february-2026-x9ga6)
3rd March
CyberWest Hub Students of Cyber (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/students-of-cyber-3-february-cwcjn)
23rd to 25th March
CyberWest Hub Black Swan Summit (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/black-swan-summit-2026)
1st April
CISO Perth (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/ciso-perth-2026)
21st April
CyberWest Hub Cyber Connect (https://www.cyberwesthub.au/events-collection/cyber-connect-february-2026-589wh-6zw3b-gla5w-pkr22)

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S5E9 - We made out alive in 2025!

Story 1
Fake Domains - https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/russian-hackers-create-4300-fake-travel.html

Story 2
The change to the internet that nobody is talking about. Age verification controls on Search Engines!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256

Main Topic
Looking back and Looking forward - The panel discusses what we saw over the year and what we need to look for in 2026.

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Calendar
AISA PerthSEC Conference: Thursday 27 November 2025 - We will ALL be there!
Student of Cyber : December 2 2025
The BIG STOTM, AISA, ISECA, AWSN, Cyberwest, Cyber Risk meetup for Christmas. 11th December - Eventbrite for details

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S5E8 - Destiny Rescue Special
CONTENT WARNING - Child Exploitation
We speak with Matt Valentine from destinyrescue.org about his fight against child exploitation.
To support Destiny Rescue and their mission to make a difference to the lives of children impacted by exploitation, simply go to the website or contact Destiny Rescue’s corporate partnerships manager, Julia Yeow, directly at [email protected], to find out more about what you and your organisation can do.
If you need help, contact a medical practitioner or reach out to lifeline on 131114 or lifeline.org.au.

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S5E7 - What the hell is going on with the Infosec job market?

Story 1
Australia heading towards age restrictions and verification in weeks.
Social media minimum age
https://tinyurl.com/33e9r296
Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google
https://tinyurl.com/4tthrs2z

Main Topic
OAIC is getting some teeth and has come out swinging.
Landmark privacy penalty: What the ACL case means for data protection in Australia
https://tinyurl.com/4p5jyu7d
Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach in first for Privacy Act
http://tiny.cc/pl5u001

MAILBAG
A follow up comment from a LinkedIn post http://tiny.cc/nl5u001
"The quality of the applicants coming through and the expectation do not match. So many think they deserve 100k plus but want to learn for multiple years while all other industry start at much lower this is specific for cyber .
For IT we recently posted a senior position and when we asked basic questions in office 365 majority couldn't even answer. The level of understanding is not the same as it used to be.
Now this i blame on three things. University have a lot of answer for from a learning and saying to students change jobs often and use it to springboard your salary.
Business need to be held accountable and not use staff as disposal tools. Recruit when required and train to improve and increase salary as the business grows
Third is students only want to learn to pass a course not to understand how and why you do it. I had an interesting chat with others that say students ask what they need to study for just tell us what going to be in the exam. Life isn't like that." - Ben, Perth

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AWSN Perth - Tabletop exercise 30th October
WiTWA 6th November
AICon in Busselton 14th Nov
AISA PerthSEC Conference: Thursday 27 November 2025

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S5E6 - Jaguar’s roar goes quiet for another week.

Story 1
NPM Hack
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/self-replicating-worm-hits-180-software-packages/
https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/40-npm-packages-compromised-in-supply.html
https://www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/view-all-content/alerts-and-advisories/ongoing-targeting-of-online-code-repositories
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12668-acsc-warns-of-aussie-orgs-ongoing-targeting-of-code-repositories
https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/npm-supply-chain-attack.html

Story 2
Collins Aerospace hack grounds flights in Europe
https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12665-collins-aerospace-hack-a-wake-up-call-for-australian-airports-expert-says
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/european-airports-race-fix-check-in-glitch-after-hacking-disruption-2025-09-21/

Main Topic
JLR Outage goes into 5th week
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/jaguar-land-rover-cyber-attack-uk-factory-b2831761.html
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/20/jaguar-land-rover-hack-factories-cybersecurity-jlr
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/jaguar-land-rover-tata-motors-west-midlands-solihull-merseyside-b2823822.html

Upcoming Events
CyberCon Melbourne 15th to 17th Oct
BSides Perth 18/19 OCTOBER 2025
WiTWA 6th November
AISA PerthSEC Conference: Thursday 27 November 2025

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